If you got a tattoo, what would it be?

jujube said:
You want brutal? Get on a Disney forum. You'll see brutal.
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I have to say some of the posts I have read here I changed a bit but put in my amateur comedy act aka NOT paid , lol just a free hotel dinner and changing this a bit going to use it .

Hope those I have '' borrowed '' from in this forum do not sue me .
 

NotCompSavy said:
My passion are fish / natural looking fish tanks and have several tanks .

I used to go to a Fish forum and it was WW3 . Who would think .
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Not sure what your post has to do with tattoos, unless you have a fish tattoo.

I used to have a large salt water aquarium.
 
I do not have a tattoo. It is not for me. I noticed that once people get a tattoo they often go back and get more.
In my opinion, it has become more popular and more accepted.
 
StarSong said:
Seems like a whole lotta people on this thread actively reinforce stereotypes of old people being cranky, judgy, superior and stuck in their ways. Well done, members of the "Hey you kids, get off my lawn" club.

As typically happens on SF, the usual suspects line up in the usual ways.
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Termagants and curmudgeons patrol these forums.
 
oslooskar said:
Calling it "enhanced’" doesn’t change the fact that it’s still disfigurement. The body is permanently altered. Whether someone sees that as positive or negative is a matter of opinion, but the definition remains the same.
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Speaking of definitions, there a range of definitions but there seems to be a common denominator among them. Harm and spoiling are commonly mentioned.
define disfigurement at DuckDuckGo
Wiki as the least credible source says:
" Disfigurement is the state of having one's appearance deeply and persistently harmed medically, such as from a disease, birth defect, or wound. General societal attitudes towards disfigurement have varied greatly across cultures and over time, with cultures possessing strong social stigma against it often causing psychological distress to disfigured individuals. Wikipedia"


oslooskar said:
"Disfigurement" refers to a permanent alteration of the body's natural state—it doesn’t inherently mean harm or ugliness. That’s why I didn’t use ‘mutilation.’ You can call it enhancement, beautification, or graffiti, but the fact remains: the body is permanently changed. If pointing that out feels like moralizing to you, maybe that says more about your own biases than mine.
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Yeah what ever...
You appear to be walking back from your original stance.
 
If persuaded to have a tattoo, it would be a smallish tattoo of a large sailing ship. A ship from the 1800s.

History, and the idea of adventure, exploration, or freedom. I've always been interested in ships of the age of sail, and the history surrounding and connected to that. My dad had a sailing ship on his forearm.
 
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My brother, 2 yrs my junior, was in the Navy in Vietnam. It messed his head up. When he returned stateside he began with a few tats on his arm. After several years there was no more room on his bod for more. He and the artist covered his entire body with tats. On his back was a huge bird back facing you, so when he flexed his back muscles the bird took flight.

He didn't cover his neck and face or his feet. He was so depressed after he came home, he stopped eating and just died. Our brother (the Commander, ret in the Navy) made sure he got a burial in Arlington. He was 30 years young.
 
January said:
my point is that your sentence The fact remains: the body is permanently altered. That was my point from the beginning. was a point nobody needed to make: it was stating the obvious that everybody knows.
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Obvious to you, perhaps. But given the discussions around tattoo removal and regret, it seems not everyone fully considers the permanence before making the decision. Just because something is obvious to you doesn’t mean it’s not worth stating.
 
Obvious to everyone on this forum thread - the ones reading your post.

I do actually think tattoos should have a cooling off period, say, 48 hours and a simple instant drug /alcohol test beforehand - so that people can't get them on impulse or when not thinking clearly.

But I doubt it is seniors getting tattoos who are the main problem with that - or even the majority of people getting them. Most people get something significant and personal to them and have thought about it well beforehand - but would be a safeguard.
 

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